Argosy All-Story Weekly

Argosy All-Story Weekly, November 4, 1922 This issue contains "Crafty Rogue" by Boice Dubois, a serialized crime narrative beginning with Chapter I: "The Cracker Pot." Set in a waterfront bar near the Brooklyn Bridge thirty years prior, the story introduces Chink-nail Connors, a rough barroom owner with a distinctive long fingernail, who operates a modest establishment serving cheap crackers and liquor to lower-class patrons. Connors becomes entangled in a scheme involving his disreputable relative Captain Jake, who has allegedly smuggled something of international value into New York and hidden it in the Cracker Pot. The bartender Emile confronts Connors with knowledge that Jake has deceived him—rather than going to Washington on state business as promised, Jake secretly returned to New York and sailed for Boston. The narrative involves missing cargo, demanding sailors, and a failed opportunity to sell whatever contraband Jake brought.